testaceous

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. relating to or possessing a testa or hard shell“testaceous fish”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Testaceous \Tes*ta"ceous\, a. [L. testaceus, fr. testa a shell. See Testa.]

1.Of or pertaining to shells; consisted of a hard shell, or having a hard shell. [1913 Webster]

2.(Bot. & Zool.) Having a dull red brick color or a brownish yellow color. [1913 Webster]

Testaceous animals (Zool.), animals having a firm, calcareous shell, as oysters and clams, thus distinguished from crustaceous animals, whose shells are more thin and soft, and consist of several joints, or articulations, as lobsters and crabs. [1913 Webster]

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